FIDIC, the International Federation of Consulting Engineers, is the global representative body for national associations of consulting engineers and represents over one million engineering professionals and 40,000 firms in more than 100 countries worldwide.

Director at SPCastro, Inc. a Project and Constuction Management firm

Susan Reisbord is the CEO & Managing Director of Cardno. She is an executive with more than 30 years experience in the consulting engineering and construction industry.

Civil Engineer with over 50 years of experience in international project management, contracts management, and alternative dispute resolution. He is the Founding Chairman and CEO of SPCastro & Associates Sdn Bhd (Brunei Darussalam) and SPCastro, Inc. (Philippines), both project and construction management & consultancy firms founded in 1986.

Recently, in line with the FIDIC International Contract Users’ Conference 2021, he was awarded as Highly Commendable Trainer of the Year 2021 during the virtual Awarding Ceremony held on 09 Dec 2021.

He was Project Director of Guinness Book of World Records' biggest residential palace- Istana Nurul Iman of The Sultan of Brunei Darussalam. His landmark projects in Brunei earned him the Presidential Citation (Pamana ng Pilipino Award) for Filipino Individuals & Organizations in 1998, electing him as a Fellow of the Association of Project Management (UK).

HR Specialist

As of 2021, 52 years in the consulting engineering industry working in Canada, France, East Africa, South America and SE Asia.
For 16 years, President and CEO of McElhanney, Canada's oldest surviving consulting engineering firm, founded in Vancouver in 1910.
Chaired Boards of ACEC British Columbia and ACEC Canada, and Board member of FIDIC for 4 years.

Andrew Read (BE (Hons) Electrical, FEngNZ, CMEngNZ, CPEng, Int PE)

Andrew is a Director of Pedersen Read Ltd, a consulting electrical engineering firm based in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Andrew is Chair of the International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC)’s Business Practice Committee and is a Board Member of CEAS, a risk and liability advisor to the consulting engineering sector.

He is a past board member, past president, and an Honorary Life Member of the Association of Consulting and Engineering New Zealand (ACE NZ)); ACE NZ Awards judge and past convenor of judges; past member and past Deputy Chair of the Chartered Professional Engineers’ Council of New Zealand; and past board member and past President of Engineering New Zealand. Andrew is a Fellow and Chartered Member of Engineering New Zealand, a New Zealand Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng) and has been a consulting engineer for 35 years.